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Japan’s Regulator Approves New Safety Guidelines

2013-06-19T09:52:10Z

19 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) today approved safety guidelines for nuclear power plants that reflect the lessons learned from the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has confirmed ...read more...(read more)

Germany, Like Austria, ‘Faces Future Of Buying Nuclear From Abroad’

2013-06-18T14:59:28Z

18 Jun (NucNet): With wind and solar power still contributing only three to four percent of total electricity generation in Austria, the country is still a long way from self-sufficiency without nuclear energy, Austrian Nuclear Society president Helmuth ...read more...(read more)

Russian Consortium Forms Prague-Based Company For Temelín Bid

2013-06-18T13:42:43Z

18 Jun (NucNet): A Russian-led consortium bidding to construct two new nuclear reactor units at the Temelín nuclear plant in the Czech Republic has established a new company which would be responsible for preparing and carrying out the project. ...read more...(read more)

European Nuclear Industry Raises Concerns Over Revised Nuclear Safety Directive

2013-06-17T14:43:18Z

17 Jun (NucNet): The nuclear industry is in favour of any legislation that can contribute to improving nuclear safety, but proposed revisions to the European nuclear safety directive are too technically detailed and risk undermining the authority of national ...read more...(read more)

Japan To Cooperate On Nuclear With Four Central European Nations

2013-06-17T11:45:41Z

17 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with leaders of four central European nations to increase cooperation in the energy sector in an attempt to boost exports of nuclear reactors. ...read more...(read more)

Second Stage Of Lifting Begins For Chernobyl Confinement

2013-06-14T08:28:32Z

14 Jun (NucNet): The second stage of lifting for the arched New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant has begun. ...read more...(read more)

Areva To Supply Fuel Elements For Germany’s FRM2 Research Reactor

2013-06-14T08:26:20Z

14 Jun (NucNet): Areva of France has signed a contract for several million euros with the Technical University of Munich in Germany to supply fuel elements for the FRM2 (also known as FRM II) research reactor. ...read more...(read more)

New Director General Of Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority Appointed

2013-06-14T08:23:04Z

14 Jun (NucNet): Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has appointed Gyula Fichtinger as the new director-general of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). ...read more...(read more)

Regulator Says ‘Organisational And Human Factors’ Contributed To Fukushima

2013-06-13T10:12:39Z

13 Jun (NucNet): Organisational and human factors, including the lack of an independent national nuclear regulator, contributed to the severity of the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan, a safety conference heard yesterday. ...read more...(read more)

Spanish Consortium Signs Contract For Critical ITER Safety System

2013-06-12T12:25:02Z

12 Jun (NucNet): A Spanish consortium comprising Empresarios Agrupados AIE and Instalaciones Inabensa SA has signed a contract with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Organisation for the design, qualification and supply of a ...read more...(read more)

Russia And UK To Cooperate On Peaceful Nuclear Energy

2013-06-11T14:18:12Z

11 Jun (NucNet): Russia and the UK have agreed to create a joint working group on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy between state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom and the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). ...read more...(read more)

Russia Ready To Invest In Brazil’s Nuclear Energy Programme

2013-06-11T13:22:27Z

11 Jun (NucNet): Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom is ready to build a nuclear power plant in Brazil and would be willing to take part in any project as a major investor. ...read more...(read more)

IEA Calls For Action On Increasing Share Of Low-Carbon Technologies

2013-06-10T12:05:28Z

10 Jun (NucNet): The share of low-carbon energy technologies, including nuclear, would need to increase eight percent by 2020 under a new scenario designed to “keep the door open” to limiting the average global temperature increase to no more than two ...read more...(read more)

Doel-3 Resumes Operation, Tihange-2 Now Scheduled For Restart Today

2013-06-07T12:53:57Z

7 Jun (NucNet): GDF Suez’s Belgian subsidiary Electrabel successfully restarted the Doel-3 nuclear reactor at approximately 18:00 local time on Monday 3 June and was planning to restart Tihange-2 today. ...read more...(read more)

Areva Signs Cooperation Agreements On Fukushima And Rokkasho

2013-06-07T11:29:29Z

7 Jun (NucNet): French and Japanese companies have signed agreements that will see them cooperating on the rehabilitation of the Fukushima nuclear site and the start of commercial operations at the Rokkasho used fuel reprocessing facility. ...read more...(read more)